Window panel storm covering for doors and the like



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17206721 07 John R. Vl arp United States Patent WINDQW PANEL STORM COVERING FOR DOORS AND THE LIKE John R. Warp, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Flcx--Giass, Era-2., a corporation of Illinois Application December 15, 1951, Serial No. 261,843

9 Claims. (Cl. 160369) This invention relates to a storm covering for doors, windows and the like and more particularly to an improved frame for a window or light-admitting panel in a storm door or window covering.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a new and novel economically manufactured storm covering for doors and windows.

Another object is the provision of a storm covering of opaque sheet material provided with an easily assembled light-admitting panel therein.

A further object is to provide a framed window panel in a storm covering of sheet material, which frame is particularly reinforced in the corners thereof.

A further object is to provide a storm covering of paper-like material wherein a window is provided within a frame adapted to seal the window and storm covering together in a manner that prevents air leakage through the storm covering.

Other advantages, features and objects of the invention will be readily apparent from a description of a preferred embodiment thereof given with particular reference to the drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of a storm door covering showing a window mounted in a frame in the covering and embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is an exploded fragmentary isometric view of one corner of the frame aligned in posiiton to be assembled; Fig. 3 is a broken fragmentary isometric view of the window illustrated in the covering of Fig. 1 showing the four corners of the frame and the particular manner in which the frame side portions are joined; Pig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially as indicated by line 44 in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of an unfolded strip of material for forming the frame with a particular cutting line thereacross; Fig. 6 is similar to Fig. 5 showing the severed portions of the strip separated; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary isometric view of frame members formed by the cutting of Figs. 5 and 6 in position to be assembled; Fig. 8 is similar to Figs. 5 and 6 illustrating another manner of cutting the frame portions from a strip; and Fig. 9 is like Fig. 7 using the frame members out as in Fig. 8.

While I have shown and shall hereinafter describe a preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may he made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims.

The storm covering of this invention is primarily intended as a substitute for the known types of storm coverings which include wood and metal panels and glass panes. This known type of storm covering is relatively expensive in initial cost and also expensive in repairs and replacement cost. Ordinarily the storm covering of this invention will consist mainly of a heavy building paper or like material which is airtight and moisture resistant. It may particularly be a type of paper referred to in the art as a kraft" paper which has an interior layer of asphalt ice composition. This paper is opaque and while it provides a complete seal over a door or window against the outside weather, it has the disadvantage of also shutting out light. The present invention provides an economical and easily manufactured means for including a light-admitting pane in such a door covering.

Fig. l of the drawings shows an elevational view of a door covering iii without the associated frame or door jam against which the paper covering it might be fastened or tacked. Near the upper portion of the covering 1% is a frame 11 having therein a pane 12 of plastic sheet material. The door covering 10 is opaque and the plastic sheet 12 may be transparent or translucent as desired.

A particular problem exists in joining a plastic pane 12 to a paper material covering 10 in such a manner that the union between them will be weather tight and sufiiciently strong. Herein the means for accomplishing this union consists of a frame 11 constructed in the particular manner to be described.

The frame 11 for the window opening in the covering 10 may take a number of peripheral shapes, but ordinarily would be rectangular. Thus, straight side portions of the frame 11 may be combined to make a square opening as shown in Fig. 1 which could be placed with its diagonals running vertically and horizontally to provide a more pleasing appearance for the door covering.

As best seen in Fig. 3, the frame 11 is composed of four side portions each constructed in a substantially identical manner. An elongated strip of the material used for the door covering 11 is folded longitudinally upon itself in Zig-zag fashion to form an outwardly facing channel 15 superposed over an inwardly facing channel 24}. This is accomplished by making two folds in the elongated piece of material so that in the finished frame the inner periphery of the frame is formed by an inner creased edge 21 in substantial registry with an inner terminal edge 22, and the outer periphery of the frame is formed or defined by an outer creased edge 16 in substantial registry with an outer terminal edge 17 of each side portion of the frame. The material of the frame side portions forms the sidewalls of the previously mentioned channels 15 and 20.

The zig-zag folding of the side portions of the frame with an inwardly opening channel and an outwardly opening channel provides a means for grasping a sheet of plastic material which may form a window pane and also for grasping the edge of the door covering to fasten the frame thereto. The corners of the frame ordinarily receive more stress than the other portions and therefore should be provided with reinforcement. The preferred means here employed for reinforcing the corners of the frame consists of lapping the side portions of the frame at the corners to provide double wall thicknesses for each of the channels in the corner region. In Fig. 2 it will be noted that the inner creased edge 21 of two adjoining side portions of the frame are severed at the end to form a loose flap 23 on one face of each side portion. The inwardly facing channels 26 may be placed together so that the base 24 of the channel 2% will be in substantial registry and the channel 26 will thus be continuous about the frame. However, to insure that the outwardly facing channel 15 has a continuous base at the inner periphery of the frame, the flaps 23 are lapped one over the other as the two end portions are brought together. This results in a structure evident in Fig. 3 wherein one of the flaps 23 is shown in juxtaposition to the other flap 23 so that the outwardly facing channel 15 is continuous around the corner of the frame. Since the walls of the inwardly facing channel were also interleaved in each corner of the frame, both channels have double wall thicknesses in each corner.

In some instances it may be desirable to have less than a double wall thickness in the corners of the frame. Three thicknesses of the frame m'aterial'are preferred as a minimum for strengthening the corners. in Figs. and 6, a long strip 31 of frame stock materialmay be severed alongline 32'so as to cut the stock into frame side lengths and to preform the ends respectively with one single tab 23 and with the corresponding tab 23 removed from the other member. The result of such cutting maybe seen in-Eig. 7

after'the severed portions have been folded properly along lines 16 and 21 and brought into position for joining in the corner of the frame. Each channel in the frame will thus have a wall of only single thickness in the corner area since the tab 23 (Fig. 7) overlaps the sides 33 and 34 respectively of the inwardly-facing channel.

Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate a corner construction utilizing four thicknesses of material. This form is preferred in instances where reinforcement greater than thatattained by use of three thicknesses in the-corneris desired, but at the same time may be diflicult to fasten together with double thicknesses with, for example, sewing apparatus. The strip 31 of frame material may be sheared transversely and then a section removed from each end on opposite sides of the severed strips resulting in an irregular end. After folding the frame side portions along fold lines 16 and 2 1 and slitting one side'portion at theend at 35, the portions may be assembledas seen in Fig. 9. The slit at 35 permits the outwardly facing channel to be continuous with its base at the inner periphery of the frame.

The double wall thickness thus comes between the outwardly and inwardly facing channels.

Ordinarily in manufacturing or making a storm door covering with a window panel of the type herein disclosed, the side portions of the frame will be separately made and the door covering 10, the frame 11 and the plastic window panel 12 will be assembled prior to securely fastening these parts together. The superposed channels and provide a means for overlapping the plastic sheet 12 and the main door 10 since the outwardly facing channel has its base edge adjacent the inner periphery of the frame andthe inwardly facing channelhas its base edge at the outer periphery of the frame. After these parts are assembled in the relation such as shown in Fig. 3, any fastening'means may be employed to extend through the sidewalls of the frame and the edge por:

tions of the door covering and plastic sheet to securely 'Stapling devices or adhesives may be substituted for the stitching herein shown.

Paper material has been described herein for use in the door covering and frame, however, cloth may also be used. Some wax impregnated cloth materials that are weather resistant and impervious to wind and rain may also be substituted for the paper materials.

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l. A window panel for a paper materialstorm door'or window covering, comprising: a frame having generally straight side portions joined together to form a closed peripheral mounting for the window, each side portion being formed of an elongated strip of paper material zigzag folded along longitudinal lines to provide a pair of superposed oppositely opening channels and a creased edge and a terminal edge at each longitudinal periphery of the sideportion, theinner peripheral creased edge of each side portion being severed along the crease at the'ends of the side portion and the ends being interleaved with corresponding ends of adjoining side portions forming lapped corners for the frame, the se'vered creasededges at each corner being adjacent and nearer one side face of the frame than the outer creased edge to provide a continuous inwardly facing channel and a continuous ontwardly facing channel extending around the frame; a transparent pane of flexible sheet material having peripheral edges disposed in said inwardly facing channel, said outwardly facing channel being adapted to receive edges of said storm door covering; and fastening means disposed through the faces of the frame and the edges of the transparent pane to secure the frame and pane together. i

2. A window panel for use -in-a storm covering for a door or window, comprising: -a frame having.,generally straight side portions joinedrtogether to form a closed peripheral mounting for a light-admitting'pane, each side portion of said frame being formed of sheet material rig-zag folded upon itself with peripheral edges substantially in registry and forming superposed oppositely facing channels, the end portions ofsaid side portions being lapped with 'the lapped portions secured together -to reinforce the corners of the frame, said side portions being assembled with the outwardly facing channels on oneside of the frame and the inwardly facing channels on the other side of the frame, the end portionsof the outwardly facing channels being severed at their base to provide the outwardly facing channel with a continuous base line substantially coincident with the inner peripheryof the frame; and a light-admitting pane of sheet material having peripheral edges disposed in said inwardly facing channel and securing means fastening said peripheral edges to the frame. 7

3. A window panel for a storm door or window covering having a main body panel of sheet material, said window panel comprising: a frame having relatively straight side portions joined together to form a closed peripheral mounting for the window, each side portion being formed of sheet material zig-zag foldedupon itself to form a pair of superposed channels, one opening in wardly and one opening outwardly .of the frame, said side portions being severed at one end thereof along an inner peripheral creased edge thereby forming end flaps, said flaps being lapped at the corners of the frame to maintain the respective channels therein in continuous alignment about the frame; a transparent panel of sheet material having its edges reposing in said inwardly opening channel of the'frame, the outwardly opening channel being adapted to receive edges of the body panel of sheet material; and fastening means secured to the frame and the edges of the window to maintain said frameand window together.

4. A window panel asset forth in claim 3 wherein, the frame side portions are assembled in the corners thereof to provide multiple thickness sidewalls-for the channels at the corners.

5. A light-admitting panel for use in a flexibleweather tight storm covering for a door or window, comprising:

a frame having side portions forming a rectangular pe-' V riperal mounting for a light-admitting pane, each side portion being formed of relatively flexible sheet'material zigzag folded longitudinally to provide sidewalls forming a pairof superposed oppositely facing channels, the side portions being joined together at their ends with themwardly facing channels in registry to form a continuous inwardly facing channel about the frame, said-side por tions having the base of the outwardly facing channels severed at the ends thereof with the resultant ends being interleaved with the ends of adjoining side vportions to form a continuous outwardly facing channel about the frame; a light-admitting pane of sheet material having its peripheral edges reposing in said inwardly facing channel; and stitching sewn through at least the inwardly facing channel sidewalls and the periphery of light-admitting pane tosecure the pane to the frame, said outwardly facing channel sidewalls being adapted to receive surrounding edgesof the'storrn covering.

-6. A storm'covering for afdoor or Window, comprising: a flexible, weather tight sheet; a frame having relatively straight side portions joined together to form a closed peripheral mounting for a window, each side portion thereof being formed of sheet material zig-zag folded upon itself to form a pair of superposed channels opening to opposite peripheral edges of said frame, said side portions being lapped with adjacent side portions at the corners of the frame to reinforce said corners and said channels aligning in continuous form about the frame; a transparent panel of sheet material having its marginal edges reposing in said inwardly opening channel of the frame, and said sheet of flexible, weather tight material having an opening defined by edges, said edges being reposed in said outwardly opening channel of said frame; and fastening means securing said frame, transparent panel and flexible, weather tight sheet material together in weather tight fashion to provide said covering with a light-admitting panel.

7. A Window panel for use in a storm covering for a door or window, comprising: a frame having generally straight side portions joined together to form a closed peripheral mounting for a light-admitting pane, each side portion of said frame being formed of sheet material zigzag folded upon itself to form a pair of superposed oppositely facing channels, said side portions being interlapped at the corners of the frame with the channels in continuous alignment about the frame, the ends of said side portions being irregular and providing three thicknesses of frame material in the corners of the frame; a transparent panel of sheet material having its edges reposing in said inwardly facing channel, the outwardly facing channel being adapted to receive edges of the storm covering; and fastening means securing the frame and transparent panel together.

8. A window panel for a storm door or window covering having a main body panel of sheet material, comprising: a paper material frame having four relatively straight side portions joined together to form a closed peripheral mounting for the window, each side portion being zigzag folded upon itself to form a pair of superposed channels, one opening inwardly and one opening outwardly of the frame, said side portions being severed at one end thereof along an inner peripheral creased edge thereby forming end flaps, said flaps being lapped at the corners of the frame to maintain the respective channels therein in continuous alignment about the frame; a transparent panel of sheet material having its edges reposing in said inwardly opening channel of the frame, the outwardly opening channel being adapted to receive edges of the body panel of sheet material; and fastening means secured to the frame and the edges of the window to maintain said frame and Window together.

9. In a storm covering for a door or window opening having a main body of paper-like material; a window panel comprising: a frame having straight side portions arranged in a continuous extension to form a closed peripheral mounting structure for the window panel, each side portion of the frame being formed of paper-like material similar to the material of the body portion and arranged to form an inwardly opening channel-like space continuously around the frame, each side portion having its ends disposed in lapped relationship to the ends of the adjacent side portions to form a joint having at least twice the thickness of the frame material; a light-admitting panel of sheet material having peripheral edges disposed in said inwardly opening space; and stitching securing the frame ends together, the frame and light-admitting panel edges together and the frame and the main body of sheet material together to support the frame and lightadmitting panel in the storm covering.

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